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allowing the formula retail use within this umu zoning district. the department believes that it is a necessary or desirable project because it will not affect the concentration of formula retail uses existing within the contiguous umu zoning district because it is replacing an existing formula retail use. because the project will improve the pedestrian experience along bryant street, and because the project is consistent with the planning code and showplace square, potrero area plan, and the general plan overall. therefore, the department recommends approval of the project with the inclusion of the following conditions in addition to those included in the draft motion, and this is what's listed on the handout that we presented. new condition number 1 would be planning department staff shall continue to work with the project sponsor on the design of both the bryant street facade and the facade facing the parking lot to assure harmonious corporation of the proposed signage, entryways and proposed changes in [speaker not understood] into the existing
allowing the formula retail use within this umu zoning district. the department believes that it is a necessary or desirable project because it will not affect the concentration of formula retail uses existing within the contiguous umu zoning district because it is replacing an existing formula retail use. because the project will improve the pedestrian experience along bryant street, and because the project is consistent with the planning code and showplace square, potrero area plan, and the...
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the channel drudging doesn't effect us. but the birth drudging could be very important for us. we're suddenly becoming inadmissible for that. and the port change has worked hard. and so what is says in the boxer draft is what we want to 80 it to say. we have been dialed in on this and focused on it and we're going to stay on top of it, it's part of my job at the moment >> any comments? >> thank you all for your hard work it seemed like an impossible task but i know it's quite a lot that's been going on behind closes doors. do we have any way of looking at when he look at some of the addressed investments can he track it and see what it saves us long term. i think if you have the deferred maintenance it costs that much more. i guess i'm looking another to get addressed support so we can see how much we're saving by funding those projects sooner rather than later >> the capital side of thing the - i had a note in here on one of the slides. there's about 20 thousand pieces of information. there's just so much and we do track all our maintenance and when those get more expensive it
the channel drudging doesn't effect us. but the birth drudging could be very important for us. we're suddenly becoming inadmissible for that. and the port change has worked hard. and so what is says in the boxer draft is what we want to 80 it to say. we have been dialed in on this and focused on it and we're going to stay on top of it, it's part of my job at the moment >> any comments? >> thank you all for your hard work it seemed like an impossible task but i know it's quite a lot...
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is there a way for us to access those letters of protest before those hearing happen? if they could be placed in the packet or a way for us to easily scan them before these meetings? >> yes, i will have those for you at the next meeting. >> thank you. >> okay. great. colleagues? any comments or any other questions? i know that there has been a request by the applicant to continue, and my understanding is that the district supervisor does not have an issue with that, and in light of that i think that probably makes sense. i have to say though, that the comments and concerns from the public are you know, very legitimate concerns and i certainly look forward to a resolution of those concerns. so colleagues, if we could have a motion to continue to the call of the chair? >> motioned by supervisor mar. >> we could do that without objection? >> thank you, if you could please call item number four. >> item number four is a hearing to consider the issue ans of type 42 on-sale beer and wine public premises license to jordan lewis and case lewis for the folsom street foundry, lo
is there a way for us to access those letters of protest before those hearing happen? if they could be placed in the packet or a way for us to easily scan them before these meetings? >> yes, i will have those for you at the next meeting. >> thank you. >> okay. great. colleagues? any comments or any other questions? i know that there has been a request by the applicant to continue, and my understanding is that the district supervisor does not have an issue with that, and in...
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down because it's affecting the small businesses of san francisco and that's what the formula use business legislation was in there before -- was signed up for. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, i own center hardware. center hardware has been in business -- >> excuse me, sir, if you can state your name for the record. >>> i'm sorry, my name is keith gantner and i own center hardwarement center hardware the earliest records i have are from about 1880. so, we've been around a long time. i haven't been there quite that long. i did a little homework. i went on orchard supply's website and i went to their career page and i pulled up over 300 job openings at this time. 44 of those 300 were for corporate people, people are going to work in their san jose, in their main office, accountants, actuarial people, what have you. 19 of them was for sales lead full-time positions, full time 30 hours plus. all the rest were 29 hours or less, part-time, temporary or part time or temporary positions every, every job opportunity was a part-time or temporary opportunity. it d
down because it's affecting the small businesses of san francisco and that's what the formula use business legislation was in there before -- was signed up for. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >>> good afternoon, i own center hardware. center hardware has been in business -- >> excuse me, sir, if you can state your name for the record. >>> i'm sorry, my name is keith gantner and i own center hardwarement center hardware the earliest records i have...
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i don't believe that you can consider a conditional use for various uses that right now are not permitted under the code. section 121.2 provides in the north beach ncd, nonresidential use sizes of 4,000 feet and above are not permitted. i don't think you can consider a 4700 square foot thing until the law has been changed. section 7 80.3 is implicated, as is section 22 1.1. the bottom line here is that i believe as a matter of law, commissioners, respectfully you have the cart before the horse and you cannot adopt this matter until the law has changed in such a way that you can issue the conditional use. * thank you for considering my comments. >>> tough act to follow. commissioners, my name is richard hammond, long-time resident of north beach. and a couple of decades ago in my capacity as a concrete contractor and a foundation contractor, i dug a tunnel under bake man broadway for parking garage. you can see it when the garage doors open. i did another one down the street, another long tunnel, 30, 40 feet. i did one on larkin street. there is nothing exotic about the -- in construction
i don't believe that you can consider a conditional use for various uses that right now are not permitted under the code. section 121.2 provides in the north beach ncd, nonresidential use sizes of 4,000 feet and above are not permitted. i don't think you can consider a 4700 square foot thing until the law has been changed. section 7 80.3 is implicated, as is section 22 1.1. the bottom line here is that i believe as a matter of law, commissioners, respectfully you have the cart before the horse...
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can you tell us a little slack here. see, mr. gibbs, how are you? >>> i'm good. >> good, thank you for your service as well. can you tell me how long you served on the commission? prior? >>> probably 15 years. >> you served on the veteran affairs commission. what capacity were you serving? >>> as president for two years, otherwise i was commissioner. >> um-hm. and what were the circumstances that lead you to leave the commission? you said -- >>> i moved to europe. >> okay. >>> yeah. >> and you came back and you're looking to volunteer some more time, right? >>> yeah, yeah. i thought it's a position i could be in, have a voice in, yes. >> 15 years is a long time. that's very impressive. can you point to some successes or some of the things or projects that you worked on while you were on the commission? >>> for me, successes right now, i think the commission is strong right now than it's ever been. in terms of personal suck is hetionvxes, i can't speak of any. >> come on, you were president. you did something. >>> i'm telling you the truth. for me as
can you tell us a little slack here. see, mr. gibbs, how are you? >>> i'm good. >> good, thank you for your service as well. can you tell me how long you served on the commission? prior? >>> probably 15 years. >> you served on the veteran affairs commission. what capacity were you serving? >>> as president for two years, otherwise i was commissioner. >> um-hm. and what were the circumstances that lead you to leave the commission? you said --...
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>> it has been useful for us in identifying where these phones where the suspect immediately after have been tracking those phones, but some of the things that thwart our efforts is that they turn the phones off or the victims themselves were too late to cancel the service because the phone has been stolen, so it is something that we get on meetly to try to track the phones. and as far as the ethnic break down, i don't have that information available, but from memory, i can tell that you it runs the gamut. >> it runs the gamut and with that i will turn it over to the mta for their presentation. >> i am sorry >> mr. chairman, did you have a question? >> i did want to have a question and maybe this is something that will be discussed. but one of the questions that i keep getting from con stit constituents is there something that the city can do legally to make sure that these phones are turned off and they are not able to be used if they are stolen? and you know the idea is if you can't use them then there is no incentive for people to take them. i have also heard that many of these phone
>> it has been useful for us in identifying where these phones where the suspect immediately after have been tracking those phones, but some of the things that thwart our efforts is that they turn the phones off or the victims themselves were too late to cancel the service because the phone has been stolen, so it is something that we get on meetly to try to track the phones. and as far as the ethnic break down, i don't have that information available, but from memory, i can tell that you...
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approximately $34,000 each of those years from us. our prior custom has been to respectfully request that our budget not be cut, but not ask for increases so that we maintain our independence as an independent agency in making these decisions. but yield to the realities of the budget year. i have not made that recommendation this year. it's really going to be a policy call for the commissioners, if i have to make a $34,000 cut i believe it would cause us some pain. but i believe it's doable. on the other hand, there are things that we need to do that just aren't getting done. so looking in the long-term, we just don't have enough staff for everything that is going on. so a possible approach would be to accept the cut in the spirit of cooperation, but direct me to work with the mayor's office and the board to try to get it restored through the budget process, which would again be a sort of the solution of sorts. it would accede to the mayor's budget demands, but it would also leave open the possibility that we could possibly work somet
approximately $34,000 each of those years from us. our prior custom has been to respectfully request that our budget not be cut, but not ask for increases so that we maintain our independence as an independent agency in making these decisions. but yield to the realities of the budget year. i have not made that recommendation this year. it's really going to be a policy call for the commissioners, if i have to make a $34,000 cut i believe it would cause us some pain. but i believe it's doable. on...
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specifically the departments are asked to report on the rationale for using this revenue for uses other than satisfying the transportation related needs on and around octavia boulevard as well as resolutions for meeting both the area's significant transit needs as well as affordable houseving needs. another hearing request by supervisor scott wiener and david chiu was introduced at the board requesting the mta, the department of public works, the planning department and the san francisco county transit authority to provide an update on the better market street project including schedule and progress on improving enter agency coordination and the proposal to construct the separated bike lane on mission street. * both hearings are tentatively scheduled for march 11, 2013. and that's pretty much all. if you have any questions, i'd be happy to answer. thanks. >> doesn't appear to be any questions. thank you. next item, please. >> board of appeals last night had a pretty lengthy hearing, a couple items that might be of interest to the commission would be a rehearing request for a letter of d
specifically the departments are asked to report on the rationale for using this revenue for uses other than satisfying the transportation related needs on and around octavia boulevard as well as resolutions for meeting both the area's significant transit needs as well as affordable houseving needs. another hearing request by supervisor scott wiener and david chiu was introduced at the board requesting the mta, the department of public works, the planning department and the san francisco county...
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now we're going to repair the sea wall and it requires one of the use of the lanes. the work is being quickly accomplished and it will be occurring over the next three weeks so from peer 38 to bryant street will be closed for the next three weeks to be opened again on monday march 4th. i think it's important to repair the sea wall and protect that area from rising sea levels. we beg everyone to be patient. and then lately it's with great pride we're nearing completion of our terminal. we'll have a completion of the building and it will go forward to host the 34 cup appears on 27 and 29. i hope everyone can join us at peer 37 with the ribbon cutting with the america's cup. we looking forward to seeing everyone there. and congratulations to all the work crews that have helped to get us to this point. i hope everyone enjoys the building as much as i do. that includes my report >> any public comment? hearing none, we'll move open >> and the 1 hundred and 50 selection in the maritime port. >> commissioners i'd like to introduce our public relations officer and he drew the
now we're going to repair the sea wall and it requires one of the use of the lanes. the work is being quickly accomplished and it will be occurring over the next three weeks so from peer 38 to bryant street will be closed for the next three weeks to be opened again on monday march 4th. i think it's important to repair the sea wall and protect that area from rising sea levels. we beg everyone to be patient. and then lately it's with great pride we're nearing completion of our terminal. we'll...
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i think because he is used to staff the committee. but, i think that the intent was for the funds, which do not replicate themselves. i mean, i forget the original amount, mr. hillis, around $2 million? >> $2.5 million. >> yes. and then each time there is a grant allocation, then it gets depleted. so i think that we have to treat that some what as a priority for the community to be able to apply for funding. and that is not to say that they are not worthy city projects too. but i just want to comment on the 250. it seems aufully large to me. having dealt with design guidelines in the past and especially with respect to historic areas. and i don't want to get into a debate about it. but i would ask the department to take a more serious look at what the ultimate cost will be. >> it is likely that some level of environmental review will be necessary, and if it is an nir it has to be more than that, but i am hopefully we will able to do it within that. >> there was one other question that a member of the public posed to me and that was ap
i think because he is used to staff the committee. but, i think that the intent was for the funds, which do not replicate themselves. i mean, i forget the original amount, mr. hillis, around $2 million? >> $2.5 million. >> yes. and then each time there is a grant allocation, then it gets depleted. so i think that we have to treat that some what as a priority for the community to be able to apply for funding. and that is not to say that they are not worthy city projects too. but i...
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so, we expect that will cost us about $50,000. and then as part of the state's solution of redevelopment, one of the com poets of that was that agreements between city agencies and redevelopment agencies were not binding contractual agreements. our redevelopment agency made a number of commitments over the years to support funding for the bayview opera house, and that has not been able to be sustained. and, so, in order to keep that project moving we're recommending funding for that project as well. you can see the last point here. [speaker not understood] commission does have within their existing reserves sufficient funds to support child care programs within the existing budget. as i mentioned, we are in support of the budget analyst recommendations. happy to answer any questions or to ask my colleagues to do the same. >> supervisor avalos. >> just a quick question about the bayview opera house. didn't we approve funding for that last year as well to complete renovation? and how is it that -- i didn't expect there was going to
so, we expect that will cost us about $50,000. and then as part of the state's solution of redevelopment, one of the com poets of that was that agreements between city agencies and redevelopment agencies were not binding contractual agreements. our redevelopment agency made a number of commitments over the years to support funding for the bayview opera house, and that has not been able to be sustained. and, so, in order to keep that project moving we're recommending funding for that project as...
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the sud and the conditional use entitlements will allow us to remove the two tunnel boring machines from the pagoda palace site at 1731-41 palace street instead of our previous plan or current plan to remove them from columbus avenue in front of washington square park. the plan was to remove them from the public right-of-way, but in response to community concerns raised with the disruption that would cause to the north beach community, we began looking for alternatives to that plan and looking at ones in particular that would reduce the disruption that would impact the north beach community. we identified four different -- we narrowed our search down to four different options. we went with president chiu to the community in november and presented those options, presented the pros and conses as we saw them with each. and of those the pagoda palace option removing the tunnel boring machines from the pagoda site as opposed to from the public right-of-way was the one that both had community support and the one that would not inhibit a future project. * the community was supportive of a few d
the sud and the conditional use entitlements will allow us to remove the two tunnel boring machines from the pagoda palace site at 1731-41 palace street instead of our previous plan or current plan to remove them from columbus avenue in front of washington square park. the plan was to remove them from the public right-of-way, but in response to community concerns raised with the disruption that would cause to the north beach community, we began looking for alternatives to that plan and looking...
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in terms of why we use conditional use necessary or desirable, you know, we had a special use district for booker t. washington, for higher height district. we decided it was necessary and desirable for the type of housing community it was providing. we also approved that sud prior to the board of supervisors taking action on it. so, it's not as if this is unusual situation. i would say that the completion of this project is necessary and desirable for the city and we've already invested the funds. commissioner sugaya brought up a good point. one of the shortcomings of this project all along was that it didn't extend all the way to fisherman's wharf. if we had the opportunity, the boring machines in north beach and set up at least a north beach station and poe lebanontionv any in the future be able to explore a fisherman's wharf station, it makes a lot of sense to me that we would want to make that preference. the other thing i wanted to point out is that in terms of the sud we've discussed, it has an expiration date on it. this is not an incident sud. so, it's not like other sud's we
in terms of why we use conditional use necessary or desirable, you know, we had a special use district for booker t. washington, for higher height district. we decided it was necessary and desirable for the type of housing community it was providing. we also approved that sud prior to the board of supervisors taking action on it. so, it's not as if this is unusual situation. i would say that the completion of this project is necessary and desirable for the city and we've already invested the...
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it is not the extraction site as an interim use. i support contemplation of planning and considering various locations for the extension of the subway, something we have talked about many years ago. my commissioner here is saying we are having [speaker not understood] discussion is very possible. [speaker not understood] i saw commissioner hillis making it sound as if we are circular. that's very possible. the concern with everything justin said today has not been alleviated and i unfortunately as much as i would like to be supportive of the transportation part cannot support what is in front of us. >> commissioners, there is a motion and a second to adopt the request for zoning text amendment and height reclassification for 1731 powell street. commissioner antonini? >> aye. >> commissioner borden? >> aye. >> commissioner hillis? >> aye. >> commissioner moore? >> no. >> commissioner sugaya? >> no. i just have to note also that when i said i didn't have any plan -- we didn't have any plan, i don't have any plans. so, commissioner moo
it is not the extraction site as an interim use. i support contemplation of planning and considering various locations for the extension of the subway, something we have talked about many years ago. my commissioner here is saying we are having [speaker not understood] discussion is very possible. [speaker not understood] i saw commissioner hillis making it sound as if we are circular. that's very possible. the concern with everything justin said today has not been alleviated and i unfortunately...
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and i think it distracts us from what the decision is that be in front of us in a couple of week's time. when we go out for the program that anticipates the not to exceed rate that have been proposed or not and so i would ask staff and lp i and whoever else needs to be involved in had to focus narrowly on that and we have all said and i believe all of us when we say that if we can figure out how do a local build out that we would like to did that as soon as we can barbara just reiterated that it's not the intent to wait until the she'll contract is over but we need to figure it out and if we don't figure it out, we may never do it and so i think we need to postpone the discussion about the local build out because i think it's distracting. >> meeting after meeting, i think i'm not being to say anything because it's going to be disruptive but today i'm going to say something and it starts with page one where the 70-wide customer pole has been once again delayed? what are we talking about here we have a plan to do something but we have no idea what other customer base is. we have no idea i
and i think it distracts us from what the decision is that be in front of us in a couple of week's time. when we go out for the program that anticipates the not to exceed rate that have been proposed or not and so i would ask staff and lp i and whoever else needs to be involved in had to focus narrowly on that and we have all said and i believe all of us when we say that if we can figure out how do a local build out that we would like to did that as soon as we can barbara just reiterated that...
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meter data of the city and that is the data that we are using to do this work and so every meter and is 365,000-meters for several years into the past to see where is the higher merge intensity in the city and where is the higher tier load and high value load and so this approach essentially would allow the city to go and pull those customers identified in our survey which, is ongoing now and will be complete in a few months and will identify the necessary number of sides to build out this model and show the economics would be favorable for those sites and then it's a matter of pulling those customers and offering them just as a solar company would offer them but we are able to offer them in advance of pulling them is and so the mark cost would be tiny vs. if you had a feed-in marketing program where you would have to have them call and you then look at their utility bill and then earth the economics of the case. in this case, we are turning it on it's head so the targeting can takes place before money is spent. and then essentially offering a community solar shares program so that c
meter data of the city and that is the data that we are using to do this work and so every meter and is 365,000-meters for several years into the past to see where is the higher merge intensity in the city and where is the higher tier load and high value load and so this approach essentially would allow the city to go and pull those customers identified in our survey which, is ongoing now and will be complete in a few months and will identify the necessary number of sides to build out this...
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and so, if you can allow us to juflt finish we are almost done. and we will answer and at the next board member i will certainly bring all of the things to you that the directors asked for. >> thank you. >> i want to make a clarification. i am not interested in the third party oversight on the safety measures. i am interested in someone who can make recommendations to the board as possible ways to reduce the $502.6 million yet to spend on the project. >> okay. >> and actually want one more clarification that i pour got to make. >> it could be that we could also save the security end as well and you probably have already looked into it. >> we have. >> just another question. i just know that initially. we will be running ac transit and golden gate and etc.. and then down the line, we will have dtx and down the line we will have high speed rail and so i know the numbers that were put before the board were kind of what we expect the maximum usage to be. but i am not sure that if the cameras could be phased over time.. >> we certainly are going to... w
and so, if you can allow us to juflt finish we are almost done. and we will answer and at the next board member i will certainly bring all of the things to you that the directors asked for. >> thank you. >> i want to make a clarification. i am not interested in the third party oversight on the safety measures. i am interested in someone who can make recommendations to the board as possible ways to reduce the $502.6 million yet to spend on the project. >> okay. >> and...
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i agree that none of us here are security experts and it is hard to us to gauge. i could say that the city has listed 8 do 10 million in terms of the populations san francisco, roughly about 800, 900,000 people. it seems off to me and i am not here to second guess anyone either. we need to have an understanding of what a series of package costs and i think that it is a great idea to get certified. but by the safety act i think that it is important so i want to be able to do that. but as we lk about increasing the budget charge and 14 million, even though $50 million has been identified which is great, we still want to have an over all kind of birds eye view of everything and clearly the experts are here in this room to help guide us through that and director ortiz and back to director metcalf? >> yeah. all of this cost that you gave us, are for construction of this protective improvements. when we are going to have to maintain this, whatever this computer system to this and that. and so that will be adding also to your month, yearly maintenance expenses. >> if any
i agree that none of us here are security experts and it is hard to us to gauge. i could say that the city has listed 8 do 10 million in terms of the populations san francisco, roughly about 800, 900,000 people. it seems off to me and i am not here to second guess anyone either. we need to have an understanding of what a series of package costs and i think that it is a great idea to get certified. but by the safety act i think that it is important so i want to be able to do that. but as we lk...
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we need the city to rehe bureaus us dues to some complications has not generated revenue for us however, we're expecting a revenue reimburse time. a lot of those costs have been offset by parking lot meter funds >> good afternoon commissioner this is marilyn i'm from the medical examiner division financial analysts. on the maritime does the revenue is up by 21.4 percent. and it's from two sectors cargo. and by construction projects. and a one time shift from payment from the economy and taxes increase. on ship repair activity is up assault of drudging the basin completed in 2011 it allows bigger ships to come into the yard for bigger projects. port wide revenue is 2.7 percent up in the first quarter compared to the same quarter last year. we expect the growth to continue in the fiscal year. >> is there any public comment? hearing commissioners. okay. i had a couple of questions. can you just remind us the toll footage of the real estate that is now accompanied right now is how much? >> let's see here. >> okay. i think it's 200 in your report 2000000.4 square feet? so this is what we man
we need the city to rehe bureaus us dues to some complications has not generated revenue for us however, we're expecting a revenue reimburse time. a lot of those costs have been offset by parking lot meter funds >> good afternoon commissioner this is marilyn i'm from the medical examiner division financial analysts. on the maritime does the revenue is up by 21.4 percent. and it's from two sectors cargo. and by construction projects. and a one time shift from payment from the economy and...
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it used to be that the aggressor or the criminal had some value in their own life. they have given that up. and we have a new kind of criminal paradigm where the individual perpetrating the crime cares no more about their own life than those that they are attempting to change the life of. that has changed the conventional design and construction and facility operations. and in a nutshell these terrorist threats have over turned the protective design paradigm, how we go to create safe and secure facilities. what that is really meant is that there are a series of what we consider now to be industry standard best practices, the things that do to create safe places, the subject matters and urs was to do exactly that. obviously we are interested in limiting liability. that is a certain of any board of directors, it is a concern of anyone who is in the design profession. but we also wanted to make sure that we have a safe and secure facility. you will see in the bottom, the term that the safe act designation and we are going to talk about that a little bit and i will tell
it used to be that the aggressor or the criminal had some value in their own life. they have given that up. and we have a new kind of criminal paradigm where the individual perpetrating the crime cares no more about their own life than those that they are attempting to change the life of. that has changed the conventional design and construction and facility operations. and in a nutshell these terrorist threats have over turned the protective design paradigm, how we go to create safe and secure...
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i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do, but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san fran
i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument, no violin section, now viola section; everybody...
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we can't say you can't use blue, you can't use your logo or your name, of course, but we can work with them to reduce the lighting level so that it's not a garish frankly in the short run. in the longer run, i think it requires some code legislation to put limits. >> i'm supportive of the business and the financial services that chase offers. i wouldn't be opposed to -- i know there is a motion to approve, but i wouldn't be opposed to continuing the item until this can be discussed further about the lighting volume and wattage and intensity of businesses going forward. commissioner moore. >> i would agree with that because if the department is tasked to undertake a study, then any legislation which might go out of it would then be retroactive because the rapid increase in these signs is starting to be annoying, particularly in the areas where you have mixed use and at night the blue light starts to affect people in their units. there have been no complaints, but what i saw walking down grand street made me greatly concerned that later it will affect people at night because of the [spea
we can't say you can't use blue, you can't use your logo or your name, of course, but we can work with them to reduce the lighting level so that it's not a garish frankly in the short run. in the longer run, i think it requires some code legislation to put limits. >> i'm supportive of the business and the financial services that chase offers. i wouldn't be opposed to -- i know there is a motion to approve, but i wouldn't be opposed to continuing the item until this can be discussed...
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all floors are done, secondly i want to acknowledge and thank the carpenters for highlighting us in the january edition of the magazine. they have a really nice article in there about the transbay project and the importance of labor in their continued support to our project over many years, thank you very much for acknowledging us and the magazine. and in addition, board members, i did sign out a letter from anvill builders as you may recall. it is a company that we awarded a contract to in november of last year for 9, 250,000, million, and they sent a letter thanking us for all of the work that we are doing regarding minority owned business and i want to thank everyone because we are doing a good job in that area. in addition, i wanted to report that last saturday, there was a very tragic incident that occurred on third street where a bicyclist was killed in a collision with a cement truck. and i know that our chair person kim has been very concerned about traffic and safety for pedestrians and bicyclists which is busy in that area understandable because we have a lot of events and on
all floors are done, secondly i want to acknowledge and thank the carpenters for highlighting us in the january edition of the magazine. they have a really nice article in there about the transbay project and the importance of labor in their continued support to our project over many years, thank you very much for acknowledging us and the magazine. and in addition, board members, i did sign out a letter from anvill builders as you may recall. it is a company that we awarded a contract to in...
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used and advocated for by the federal government. and it is a highly structured process and only can be successful if knowledgeable people were involved in it and that is what was done. so trying to move into that area, the original assessment was performed in 09 and there was an update done in 2011 and 12. it addressed the building, what does that mean? >> we had a conceptual design, you only know the building to the extent that the building was evolved at that point. the intent was to look at the design as it evolved federal agency and our natural critical engagement and alcohol and tobacco and firearms and because we have threats and the list goes on and on. please note that we had not let the san francisco fire departments and the fung police department so we don't just have a washington perspective on this. >> it is the correct diligent approach for the significance and it provides an appropriate level of agency consciousness to respond to the events with the appropriate designed standards. this is another list, and i am going t
used and advocated for by the federal government. and it is a highly structured process and only can be successful if knowledgeable people were involved in it and that is what was done. so trying to move into that area, the original assessment was performed in 09 and there was an update done in 2011 and 12. it addressed the building, what does that mean? >> we had a conceptual design, you only know the building to the extent that the building was evolved at that point. the intent was to...
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and the suicide barrier which i think all of us here are pretty passionate about. that project is in its final design phases and it is going to be shovel ready by the end of this year. so, really, i would like to see that project go forward. and we are committed as a board not to put any toll money into building the suicide barrier. and, so, that means going out and raising with our partners in the advocacy community some $50 million. that's what it will cost for the suicide barrier. and, so, i'd love to continue my work on the bridge. like i said, it's been an absolute pleasure and ask for your consideration. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> any questions? >> no, she answered all of them. >>> i answered malia's. >> thank you. any public comments? come on up. you have two minutes. >>> good afternoon. my name is alex tunison, i'm the representative organizer for ifpg local 21 at the golden gate bridge transportation district. i represent engineers and allied workers at the bridge including bridge inspectors, the folk that are designing the suicide barrier and other im
and the suicide barrier which i think all of us here are pretty passionate about. that project is in its final design phases and it is going to be shovel ready by the end of this year. so, really, i would like to see that project go forward. and we are committed as a board not to put any toll money into building the suicide barrier. and, so, that means going out and raising with our partners in the advocacy community some $50 million. that's what it will cost for the suicide barrier. and, so,...
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and we had decisions like this all the time to come before us. i think a majority of our decisions, we decide we're not going to be able to fund [speaker not understood] perhaps a superfluous type of activities. so, i don't feel comfortable supporting these leases. but i'm willing to send this to the full board without recommendation so the board can take a whack at it. i'm okay with that. it's not a whole lot of money. me personally, it's not something i feel comfortable with. >> thank you. last question. we now have a bit of -- i think you said earlier, but a bit of inconsistency how we're dealing with some leases and how we're deal with others with nonprofits involved. could you talk a little bit more about that, kind of the policy and rationale behind it, how the mta thinks about that? if we terminate the lease yesterday for the fillmore farrell garage, and now we're coming forward approving these leases again. can you talk about the difference? >> yes. each garage and the corporations have evolved differently over time. [speaker not understo
and we had decisions like this all the time to come before us. i think a majority of our decisions, we decide we're not going to be able to fund [speaker not understood] perhaps a superfluous type of activities. so, i don't feel comfortable supporting these leases. but i'm willing to send this to the full board without recommendation so the board can take a whack at it. i'm okay with that. it's not a whole lot of money. me personally, it's not something i feel comfortable with. >> thank...
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she doesn't have the letters now, but people said they would write letters for us. and we've been in business there 10 years already. it's not like we're opening a new business or trying to start something. she's been there for 10 years at dimples and eight years at pagoda. so, it's been an ongoing business and we have a good relationship with the other tenants and the neighbors. >> these two items, doing business or they're just coming into compliance, is that it? >> you might find this a lot around -- >> karaoke? >> tend to spiral out, japantown phase. you notice in the last few months. they also seem to be in a bit of outer mission side. >> that's true, karaoke places in general. >> not karaoke, permits in general. >> coming into compliance. okay, thank you. anything further, commissioner hyde? >> no. i mean, it does help that i know now that they've been in business for 10 years. >> any other commissioners? a motion? >> i motion to approve. >> we have a motion. do we have a eked >> second. >> is that with the amended condition included? >> amended condition? >>
she doesn't have the letters now, but people said they would write letters for us. and we've been in business there 10 years already. it's not like we're opening a new business or trying to start something. she's been there for 10 years at dimples and eight years at pagoda. so, it's been an ongoing business and we have a good relationship with the other tenants and the neighbors. >> these two items, doing business or they're just coming into compliance, is that it? >> you might find...
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and how, the survey works and what the survey results would be used for. >> okay. commissioner wynns could we have a report from the budget and service meeting of february 6th. >> yes, thank you, the committee met and we reviewed kind of the as we do routinely administratively approved. >> excuse me one second. i am sorry, could we take the conversation outside please? there has been a request to keep the conversation outside, please? thank you. >> you may continue. >> and honestly explaining the process for the benefit of commissioner haney which is good for all of us to review that, i appreciate it. >> but mainly we talked about the update on the state budget. we all believe and hope that the state budget with the passage of prop 30 and the beginning of the rebounding of the economy in california, will continue to be significantly better than we anticipated it might be for next year and the coming years. so we have some new projections about the or about our anticipated balances and did all of the members of the board get those? >> yes? >> so you all received the
and how, the survey works and what the survey results would be used for. >> okay. commissioner wynns could we have a report from the budget and service meeting of february 6th. >> yes, thank you, the committee met and we reviewed kind of the as we do routinely administratively approved. >> excuse me one second. i am sorry, could we take the conversation outside please? there has been a request to keep the conversation outside, please? thank you. >> you may continue....
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>> okay. >> i do think that it is important for us to continue to monitor this situation. and i would love the opportunity to come back, perhaps, in a couple of months or three months to see where things are. and i want to thank all of the people who presented, all of the law enforcement partners for the work that they are doing and hopefully we will have you know, a better educated public around these issues. so again, thank you for the presentation, so colleagues could we have a motion to continue? >> a motion by supervisor mar, if we could take that without objection? >> thank you, colleagues. >> thank you. >> mr. clerk, if you could please call item number one >> item number one, a hearing to receive a briefing on the san francisco public safety conditions on the san francisco police department or the mayor's office of criminal justice. >> this is an item that is usually introduced by the chair of the public safety committee. and it is an ongoing discussion about crime trends, city-wide and so we will make a point of in future meetings when this issue is discussed this
>> okay. >> i do think that it is important for us to continue to monitor this situation. and i would love the opportunity to come back, perhaps, in a couple of months or three months to see where things are. and i want to thank all of the people who presented, all of the law enforcement partners for the work that they are doing and hopefully we will have you know, a better educated public around these issues. so again, thank you for the presentation, so colleagues could we have a...
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>> your example, so it's clear to everyone, is use the bucket man. >> right. >> and a bucket is not an amplified instrument. >> right. >> therefore, that person, even if he or she walked into our office and asked for a permit, we don't have one for performing on the street. and, in fact, jocelyn and crystal and raj, we all get calls and e-mails and walk into all [speaker not understood] street performers, walking in and asking if they can have a permit. and we let them know, please follow the law. don't block the sidewalk. don't disturb the peace. but we don't have a permit for you. my understanding is in the past there have been attempts to try to corral behavior or create some sort of registry or something, but from the perspective of the city attorney's office who can speak for themselves if they were here, but they expressed it is very difficult to write a regulation that captures all of the bad behavior and regulates it without affecting the first amendment. i mean, and we're not -- >> right. >> we're not immune to this either at city hall. there's plenty of free speech all the ti
>> your example, so it's clear to everyone, is use the bucket man. >> right. >> and a bucket is not an amplified instrument. >> right. >> therefore, that person, even if he or she walked into our office and asked for a permit, we don't have one for performing on the street. and, in fact, jocelyn and crystal and raj, we all get calls and e-mails and walk into all [speaker not understood] street performers, walking in and asking if they can have a permit. and we let...
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-- some other seats we use for other things. * and we have a studio space that used to be the balcony and that's 1200 square feet and that can hold about 60 people to 100 people depending what the event is. so, we try not to have competing things going on in both spaces because it is -- we do have sound issues within the building. so, we just -- we kind of limit it to one of the two spaces. we don't have sound problems outside the building. like i said, our events are generally over by 10:00, 10:30. our audiences leave immediately. they come in just for the performances. they eat on the corridor. they expend other monies on the corridor, but they are in our space for a limited time. so, we are asking you to grant us this license so we can continue to do the work that we do a a nonprofit organization. we have four youth programs in our building. we have 85 kids that take classes in our buildings in different areas, dance, theater, performance. we have a job training program for high school kids. and all these kids work on the different performances so they get training in professional
-- some other seats we use for other things. * and we have a studio space that used to be the balcony and that's 1200 square feet and that can hold about 60 people to 100 people depending what the event is. so, we try not to have competing things going on in both spaces because it is -- we do have sound issues within the building. so, we just -- we kind of limit it to one of the two spaces. we don't have sound problems outside the building. like i said, our events are generally over by 10:00,...
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they were continued to give us an opportunity or to request from us additional information and context which we have since provided, both in the form of a letter and in briefings to you or endeavored to provide. so, it's the same proposed leases that were before you. i believe there are representatives from both of the corporations here available to answer any questions of them. also have mta garage and finance staff to answer any specific questions about the leases themselves. they're largely a similar form as the ones we previously approved with the difference being that these two retain the nonprofit corporations in place. so, that's kind of an update from where we were a month ago. again, we have our technical people as well as the corporation people here to answer any questions that you might have. >> thank you, mr. reiskin. colleagues, first, any questions from you guys? okay. just in context, i understand the principle here and certainly have heard from a lot of the members of the japantown community about the value of having this involvement. the question is obviously, it seems
they were continued to give us an opportunity or to request from us additional information and context which we have since provided, both in the form of a letter and in briefings to you or endeavored to provide. so, it's the same proposed leases that were before you. i believe there are representatives from both of the corporations here available to answer any questions of them. also have mta garage and finance staff to answer any specific questions about the leases themselves. they're largely...
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and yet, city employees in this case, or in my case, louis herrera, the city librarian used his office to withhold public records from me. he just basically didn't want it made apparent to the public that all the claims that they were making at library commission meetings had no basis. but $10 million that was claimed as a gift to the branch library improvement program was just that, nothing, but claim. and so when i went and i tried to get these documents, he held off for nine months and now we have mr. menat shaw and he comes to you and he wants to get documents about a complaint. following these complaints is kind of like a black box, you drop it in the top and whatever comes out, you are expected to live with. same goes with the office of citizen complaints of the police department. i had a city and police inspector lie to be about the existence of a document. he repeated that lie to a deputy city attorney, when i petitioned for the supervisor of records to make a ruling. told her that there was no document. and then three months later, oh, exemption. as mr. menat shaw says you hav
and yet, city employees in this case, or in my case, louis herrera, the city librarian used his office to withhold public records from me. he just basically didn't want it made apparent to the public that all the claims that they were making at library commission meetings had no basis. but $10 million that was claimed as a gift to the branch library improvement program was just that, nothing, but claim. and so when i went and i tried to get these documents, he held off for nine months and now...
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. * so, you have a use of colors, a use of different materials, some being more glassy, some being a more punched dynamic. and with that you get a sense, even though there is a pattern to the site, they each have their own character ask identity. and i'll just take you around as we rotate around the building site south. that was the east. this is now the southeast looking up from one of the park locations across the street just south of the medical center. * rotating around to the southwest from 2 80. around to the west elevation. we're showing the freeway transparent here. freeway actually isn't. all the things below that will be hidden from view, but we know there had been discussion in the past the fact that might change. we've been equally thoughtful about the west elevation that would have a good he is theyth if i can that were to ever occur. and then at the northwest corner coming in along 16th street. and finally the northeast vantage. i kept it brief because i know you have a complete package. i want to say it's been a real pleasure working with the planning staff. where we s
. * so, you have a use of colors, a use of different materials, some being more glassy, some being a more punched dynamic. and with that you get a sense, even though there is a pattern to the site, they each have their own character ask identity. and i'll just take you around as we rotate around the building site south. that was the east. this is now the southeast looking up from one of the park locations across the street just south of the medical center. * rotating around to the southwest...
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, of course, have many, many more bicyclists using it. and of course we have an excellent ferry system and bus system. so, we have a lot of work to do out there with improving transit. we've been able to do that even though we've had some serious financial issues over the last years -- last few years, but i'm optimistic we can continue to do so. so, we do have an excellent staff out there, great group of workers in all the trades. the bus drivers and so forth, and i'm proud to be able to work with them. so, thank you. >> thank you. any questions? okay, thank you. >>> hello again, supervisors. when i got here, as i did when i was a boy on muni and sat in the back of the bus, a few folks from the trades and unions including professional technical engineers [speaker not understood], i'll ask them to stand so i can acknowledge their presence. [speaker -- electiontritions can stand, too, and the plumbers. i have appreciated the two years the board has given me so far on the board of directors of the golden gate highway and transportation distr
, of course, have many, many more bicyclists using it. and of course we have an excellent ferry system and bus system. so, we have a lot of work to do out there with improving transit. we've been able to do that even though we've had some serious financial issues over the last years -- last few years, but i'm optimistic we can continue to do so. so, we do have an excellent staff out there, great group of workers in all the trades. the bus drivers and so forth, and i'm proud to be able to work...
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and then the use of the general re serve of 32.2 million. we are assuming you will need to use all of that reserve in order to balance the budget. and then the deposits to reserves, because of our increases to revenue, amount to 11 million. so, that brings us to a projected fund balance estimate of 174 million. as i mentioned before, 103 million of that was already committed to the year two. and the replenishment of the general re serve that we will be using this year needs to be incorporated in next year's budget, leaving us with a projected surplus of $38 million. so, the next slide provides you with a summary of our major tax revenue in the city and it shows you where the bulk of that surplus 72 million come from. and that is property transfer taxes, about $21 million over the budget as we are taking a look at the cash we've received thus far and estimating how much additional property tax revenue we will get for the reminder of the year. our second-largest is -- yes. >> if we can go back to the previous slide, the projected surplus, 38.3
and then the use of the general re serve of 32.2 million. we are assuming you will need to use all of that reserve in order to balance the budget. and then the deposits to reserves, because of our increases to revenue, amount to 11 million. so, that brings us to a projected fund balance estimate of 174 million. as i mentioned before, 103 million of that was already committed to the year two. and the replenishment of the general re serve that we will be using this year needs to be incorporated...
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it would be wonderful if you could actually share that with us. a lot of this is dealing with the security and what happens to prevent inch did herthctiontionv. if would be good to know how you're just operating your business in general. thank you. >> commissioner [speaker not understood]? >> long shore man has been around a long time. i've had parties there in the '80s and whatever. but now that the clubs have pretty much tightened up, you're going to be getting probably entertained to a lot of teen parties since there's no liquor there. and the parking lot -- and that's always been my thing. the parking lot is kind of open, dark. i don't know if you have lit it, you have really bright parking lot lighting there. that's part of your security plan or not. the screening process, i'm just showingv that because the long shore man member, just because his son wants to have a party, he has priority over the policy. so, i think what i think we're looking for probably is what is the security plan. i mean, these are great recommendations, but there are st
it would be wonderful if you could actually share that with us. a lot of this is dealing with the security and what happens to prevent inch did herthctiontionv. if would be good to know how you're just operating your business in general. thank you. >> commissioner [speaker not understood]? >> long shore man has been around a long time. i've had parties there in the '80s and whatever. but now that the clubs have pretty much tightened up, you're going to be getting probably...
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thank you for the lease that you gave us last year and they have come back to join us this year and we cannot thank you enough. >> superintendent carranza, thank you for the things that have you done and spoke for us over and over again, we thank you for your support. superintendent, shorts, thank you to our print shop staff, thank you. what is the good news? 2013 is a great year for african americans, why is that >> because from january first, we celebrate the sign of the emancipation proclamation. why? because we celebrate the 50th anniversary on the march on washington for our people and dr. king's famous i have a dream speech. why is it important to us, because next wednesday at 6:00, at saint marry's cathedral, more than 1200 students of african american decent will be honored at our celebration. give that a hand. >> a couple of months ago, superintendent carranza joined us for the naac, p banquet, i know that will be warmly received by the african american community because he will be our guest speaker, give that a hand. the students will receive an incentive and the 4.0 students
thank you for the lease that you gave us last year and they have come back to join us this year and we cannot thank you enough. >> superintendent carranza, thank you for the things that have you done and spoke for us over and over again, we thank you for your support. superintendent, shorts, thank you to our print shop staff, thank you. what is the good news? 2013 is a great year for african americans, why is that >> because from january first, we celebrate the sign of the...
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this helps us for growth assessment and it helps us also to reduce our credit risk for carrying such a large unfunded allocation. and i'll say when we crafted this poly have no idea how hard it would be to meet. our first budget adaptation last year, we only got to a low percent of our budget but i'm happy to report that this allocation does reach the capital gain we need. you'll hear from daily there's 1 when port staff revoked the availability of additional funding we underwent our review of the projects the red and yellow tag facility. and we put it through our scoring criteria and we allocated the money to those projects. you'll see the criteria it has points for our various needs whether it's addressing codes or attacking people to the water front, protecting nature resources and it has a pay back period of 10 years or less, whether there's matching fund etc., and we'll see whether this will help us fund future projects so the scoring can we a very helpful in expanding our future capital resources. ultimately following our scoring review we added money to address critical needs.
this helps us for growth assessment and it helps us also to reduce our credit risk for carrying such a large unfunded allocation. and i'll say when we crafted this poly have no idea how hard it would be to meet. our first budget adaptation last year, we only got to a low percent of our budget but i'm happy to report that this allocation does reach the capital gain we need. you'll hear from daily there's 1 when port staff revoked the availability of additional funding we underwent our review of...
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to develop it or use it for anything but what it is being used for today, correct? >> that's correct, there are limitations given the actual facilities underground as well as the rights to traverse the property. so, the parking lot is actually the best use. >> okay, thank you. colleagues, any questions for mr. updike of the puc? okay, thank you very much. to the budget and legislative analyst. >> mr. chair, members of the committee, as mr. updike has indicated, the first year rent under the proposed lease is 52,3 24. that's 4,141 or 8.6% more than the existing annual rent which is currently on a month-to-month basis of 48,183. under the -- and that was based on an appraisal and it's considered to be fill market valued. that has been reported to our office. as you can see on table 1 on page 39 of our report, that for the first four years the estimated rent given the 4% increase is payable to the puc would be about $222,192. we recommend you approve this resolution. >> okay, thank you. colleagues, any questions? okay, thank you very much. at this point i'd like to ope
to develop it or use it for anything but what it is being used for today, correct? >> that's correct, there are limitations given the actual facilities underground as well as the rights to traverse the property. so, the parking lot is actually the best use. >> okay, thank you. colleagues, any questions for mr. updike of the puc? okay, thank you very much. to the budget and legislative analyst. >> mr. chair, members of the committee, as mr. updike has indicated, the first year...
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and then when we do use it, it's only a portion of the deficit. the revenue deficit. we had suggested that the controller provide a more broad summary of all of the reserves and the set asides when the committee goes to five members. [speaker not understood] the kind of rules and policies regarding all of these reserves. since the financial policies were in effect a couple of years ago, we really have made a tremendous amount of progress in establishing reserves that have been looked upon very favorably by the rating agencies and though more importantly we will have money available in the next downturn that will keep us on a more steady footing in terms of how much money and it will prevent big cuts and layoffs. so, i'm available to answer any additional questions and we will definitely be with you on a weekly basis and provide you with updates as they occur. >> thank you. colleagues, any further questions? thank you very much, ms. zamuda. and ms. howard, i know you spoke earlier. we asked you about the kind of impact on everything on the budget outlook. is there anyt
and then when we do use it, it's only a portion of the deficit. the revenue deficit. we had suggested that the controller provide a more broad summary of all of the reserves and the set asides when the committee goes to five members. [speaker not understood] the kind of rules and policies regarding all of these reserves. since the financial policies were in effect a couple of years ago, we really have made a tremendous amount of progress in establishing reserves that have been looked upon very...
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you say show us something to prove that and they are just silent. we went before the government general bond oversight committee and said the number here is not a valid number. and they asked some questions of the chief financial officer of the library and she admitted yes we don't have anything to back that up. at that point it was only $6 million and now it's $10 million and it went from $1.6 million in january of last year to over $10 million by the end of the year. and none of that was contemporaneous documents. it's all of them going back now and trying to justify all the lies that they have been telling to the public in the prior years. and i have also got a sunshine order against the city librarian for withholding -- primarily because he didn't want it exposed that he didn't have any idea whether those numbers were presented were valid. >> good afternoon commissioners i'm patrick -- here on my own time as a private citizen. first, i am going to ask mr. renne to recuse himself when you got to my item given the article about mrs. renne's founda
you say show us something to prove that and they are just silent. we went before the government general bond oversight committee and said the number here is not a valid number. and they asked some questions of the chief financial officer of the library and she admitted yes we don't have anything to back that up. at that point it was only $6 million and now it's $10 million and it went from $1.6 million in january of last year to over $10 million by the end of the year. and none of that was...
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caused by the demise of the company and used that to avoid any layoffs that year. during her time we were one of the five finalists in the 2005 prize for education receiving $100,000 for students scholarships, in 2004, we became the highest achieving urban school system in california as we have been ever since. superintendent included the development of the stars, the student and teachers achieving results program that reorganized the district more equality to oefp most challenged schools. we developed and implemented the way that the budgets programs and all of which remain in place today and have become integral parts of the parts of our district. after she left san francisco, she joined the teacher's college of colombia university, where she served as the director of the urban director's program and the scholars similar pose um. in 2008 she was the superintendent of the school district of philadelphia where she remained for three years. she received numerous honors and awards, including in 2010, the richard r. green award for educator of the year from the counci
caused by the demise of the company and used that to avoid any layoffs that year. during her time we were one of the five finalists in the 2005 prize for education receiving $100,000 for students scholarships, in 2004, we became the highest achieving urban school system in california as we have been ever since. superintendent included the development of the stars, the student and teachers achieving results program that reorganized the district more equality to oefp most challenged schools. we...
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this is just really a big, community win and a celebration for us all. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> the renovation of balboa park, the oldest in the city of san francisco, and now it is the newest part in the city of san francisco. through our partnership, and because of public investment from the two thousand eight fund, we are celebrating a renewal and an awakening of this park. we have it safer, happier, more joyous. >> 3, 2, 1, [laughter] =--[applause] >> it is a great resource for families, to have fun in the city, recreation. >> this is an amazing park. we have not revitalized it without public and private investment. the critical piece of the process of this renovation was that it was all about the community. we reached out to everyone in this community. we love this park dearly and they all had thoughts and ideas and they wanted to bring their own creativity and their personality to bear on the design. what you see is what the community wanted. these ideas all came from the residents of this community. as a result, t
this is just really a big, community win and a celebration for us all. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground in dolores park, go to sfrecpark.org. >> the renovation of balboa park, the oldest in the city of san francisco, and now it is the newest part in the city of san francisco. through our partnership, and because of public investment from the two thousand eight fund, we are celebrating a renewal and an awakening of this park. we have it safer, happier, more joyous....